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No Trespassing signs on CMHC lands and trails

Nov. 3, 2016, 12:22 p.m.
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Some nice new hiking trails have gone in on the DarkSide of Mount Seymour, connecting a network of what used to be old skidder roads and hardscrabble. It seems things are more peaceful and laid-back on that DNV side of the mountain.

It's worth noting that the local band is cutting down their forest and putting up town houses as fast as they can these days. I can't complain too much, as I live in one of their developments, but it has been interesting to watch them pivot from promoting the "quiet beauty of sacred forest lands" to bulldozing that same land to make way for 100 new homes.

Its OK, because just after they start pouring concrete, they'll put a a big sign saying "FOREST GLADE BY POLYGON" or some such. All us peeps gotta live somewhere.

Nov. 3, 2016, 1 p.m.
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It's worth noting that the local band is cutting down their forest and putting up town houses as fast as they can these days. I can't complain too much, as I live in one of their developments, but it has been interesting to watch them pivot from promoting the "quiet beauty of sacred forest lands" to bulldozing that same land to make way for 100 new homes.

when it comes to thier homes, everyone seems to throw th environmental picture/stance out the window. case in point the houses at the top of mtn highway that sit on pristine wilderness close to sensitive frog ponds.

protect the land just as long as it doens't impact where i live.

We don't know what our limits are, so to start something with the idea of being limited actually ends up limiting us.
Ellen Langer

Nov. 3, 2016, 6:34 p.m.
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case in point the houses at the top of mtn highway that sit on pristine wilderness close to sensitive frog ponds.

ha! somehow i don't think they considered that when buying

Nov. 4, 2016, 8:47 a.m.
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As per
http://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/employment-business-and-economic-development/business-management/permits-licences-and-registration/corporations/societies/societies_act_transition_guide.pdf

The new Societies Act will come into effect on Nov. 28, 2016.

While we're pointing out small details that HC -er, Uncle Scrooge got wrong, and this one is far more significant than a missed date:

Bikes are not more damaging to trails than hikers. They have been found to be quite similar in impact.

In fact, depending on the area, the way that hikers treat things like puddles (by avoiding them, thus widening the trail) and the concentrated force that goes into a bootstep vs a rolling tire, hiking can have more of an impact than biking.

Yes, there are studies to support this. You just have to look it up, Uncle Scrooge. But you might want to have that fact straight before you go disparaging mtn bikers the next time someone deigns to let you have a moment or two of their time. You also may want to be clear on that before you run for the NSMBA's board of directors.

Completely unrelated, because I can't let this go without mentioning it: schizophrenia is not the same thing as multiple personality disorder. When someone uses schizophrenic to indicate either multiple personalities, or multiple perspective on something - they're flat wrong and it's a lazy literary term anyway. Schizophrenia is a disorder that mostly entails an inability to process different stimuli. How's that for epic thread derailment?

So now that CMHC lands are fair game for recreational use again, I think this week's #flaskfriday will probably celebrate that fact.

Nov. 4, 2016, 8:55 a.m.
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bikes are not more damaging to trails than hikers. They have been found to be quite similar in impact.

If you want to see it first hand, just walk the last section of the Baden Powell trail between Quarry rock and Deep Cove, or the Grouse Grind.

Nov. 4, 2016, 2:16 p.m.
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Completely unrelated, because I can't let this go without mentioning it: schizophrenia is not the same thing as multiple personality disorder.

That's right Pete. Schizophrenia is also often confused with Schizoid personality disorder…

Schizoid personality disorder (SPD) is a personality disorder characterized by a lack of interest in social relationships, a tendency towards a solitary or sheltered lifestyle, secretiveness, emotional coldness, and apathy. Affected individuals may simultaneously demonstrate a rich, elaborate and exclusively internal fantasy world

Hmmm…

Nov. 4, 2016, 7:07 p.m.
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[QUOTE=ol' dirty;2931436]That's right Pete. Schizophrenia is also often confused with Schizoid personality disorder…

Schizoid personality disorder (SPD) is a personality disorder characterized by a lack of interest in social relationships, a tendency towards a solitary or sheltered lifestyle, secretiveness, emotional coldness, and apathy. Affected individuals may simultaneously demonstrate a rich, elaborate and exclusively internal fantasy world

Hmmm…

I post on behalf of my employer Lord Scrooge McDuck

Mr. Roggeman is apparently a man of letters, formerly trained in psychiatry.

Here we thought he was merely a drunkard which, off course, would make him a man of the world.

Smedley Pennyworth Esq

Nov. 4, 2016, 7:56 p.m.
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Youre testing my patience, McDuck.

Nov. 4, 2016, 8:37 p.m.
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Youre testing my patience, McDuck.

What exactly are you going to do kind Sir?

Challenge me to a Duchess of Queensbury match?

Has all those years with the bike seat against your perineum resulted in your pecker pointing south even when looking at naked photos of Sharon Bader? Join the club. Get in line behind Lee, and his problems have nothing to do with the perineum, but he does what he has to do once a month for Queen and country, then goes back to other things.

Let us see what you are made of, you spineless wimp

Smedley Pennyworth Esq

Nov. 4, 2016, 10:32 p.m.
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Dude. Don't drink and post. Wtf.

Nov. 5, 2016, 6:34 a.m.
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I guess I really need to read the terms of use one of these days…

Nov. 5, 2016, 6:58 a.m.
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What exactly are you going to do kind Sir?

Challenge me to a Duchess of Queensbury match?

Has all those years with the bike seat against your perineum resulted in your pecker pointing south even when looking at naked photos of Sharon Bader? Join the club. Get in line behind Lee, and his problems have nothing to do with the perineum, but he does what he has to do once a month for Queen and country, then goes back to other things.

Let us see what you are made of, you spineless wimp

Smedley Pennyworth Esq

lol, full nut bar. I'm home sick so this is a sweet way to start the day. pretty bogus naming somebody like this tho. could be it is time for nsmb to pull the plug on this fool.?

Nov. 5, 2016, 7:28 a.m.
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:fruit::fruit::fruit:

Nov. 5, 2016, 8:44 a.m.
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lol, full nut bar. I'm home sick so this is a sweet way to start the day. pretty bogus naming somebody like this tho. could be it is time for nsmb to pull the plug on this fool.?

Pull the plug, this guy brings nothing to this board but inane circular arguments over stupid semantics.

"6.Images or text that could be construed as sexual harassment." We could prolly fit it in under this one.

WTB Frequency i23 rim, 650b NEW - $40

Nov. 5, 2016, 9:09 a.m.
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The entire purpose of everything Scrooge or whoever writes here is to provoke a community into doing something dumb (in real life), that they can point to and use against us.

I'm glad we are all above that and smarter than this/these clown(s).

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